Fassbender scoops Standard award

Shame actor Michael Fassbender wins the best actor prize at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, while Olivia Colman takes the best actress prize for Tyrannosaur.Read the full article » | View on the map »

Charity quits after Mali attacks

Medical charity Doctors of the World pulls out of northern Mali following a recent outbreak of fighting by Tuareg rebels - some of whom used to fight for Col Gaddafi in Libya.Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Giant baby born to Chinese couple

Chinese state media has reported the birth of a baby of just over 7kg (15lb 8oz), making him what could be the heaviest birthweight baby on record in the country.Read the full article » | View on the map »

Wales have double fitness boost

Wales hope to have Gethin Jenkins, Dan Lydiate and Alex Cuthbert available for their Six Nations clash with Scotland while captain Sam Warburton's fitness is a doubt.Read the full article » | View on the map »

Gulf states fuel Syria isolation

Gulf Arab states expel Syria's ambassadors, accusing Damascus of shunning Arab efforts to end months of bloodshed, as Russian officials visit President Assad.Read the full article » | View on the map »

Argentina to go to UN on islands

Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.Read the full article » | View on the map »

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